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as in passed (down)
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as in informed
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Decades of toilet development informed the system aboard Orion that the Artemis II astronauts are using.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
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All three brothers slept in the North, or so I was informed, although there had been a time when one of them slept in the South.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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There were no serious injuries reported.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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More than half of agents reported at least one contract cancellation.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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The identities of the other two victims, a 61-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man, are not being released until their families have been notified.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Multiple agencies search for Lynette Hooker Once police were notified about Lynette’s disappearance, their agency, along with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the Hope Town Volunteer Fire and Rescue, started searching the area.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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The three rescue planes flew out of Iran to Kuwait, each just a short distance behind each other, the officials disclosed.—
Olivia Rinaldi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Bassan said she was also inspired by actor Angelina Jolie, who disclosed her own preventive mastectomy in a 2013 column in The New York Times.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Text messages between Crowell and Spears allegedly revealed the man asked Crowell to bring marijuana to the apartment complex, which Crowell priced at $100, according to the affidavit.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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Winning Most Improved Player, the 26-year-old revealed Sunday, has been a personal goal of his since before the season began.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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None of these women manifested the traits of the disease, because the mutation occurred on one of their two X chromosomes, the other of which lacked the mutation.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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And Trump’s frequent sparring with the press has manifested in the federal prosecution of journalists, restrictions on press covering his administration, and lawsuits settled with major media companies for tens of millions of dollars.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
6 Apr. 2026
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Since the union authorized a strike, its leadership will take the motion to leadership at the USW’s Pittsburgh headquarters, though negotiators have kept Pittsburgh apprised since negotiations began, Beck said.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Rubio, however, has argued the administration has kept congressional leaders apprised.—
Ana Ceballos
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Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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As is typical of China, which tends to be tight-lipped about many specifics of its space plans, the nation has not divulged when exactly this flight will take place.—
Andrew Jones,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2026
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Years later, Stone divulged a shocking detail of their nuptials while appearing on the Smartless podcast.—
Alicia Brunker,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Handed down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handed%20down. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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